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Editorial Strange Mystery Brooch Kept In Bedside Drawer For Decades Has Roots In Ancient Rome - And It's Worth Thousands
- 2024-06-13
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Editorial Queen Mother of the West.
- 2020-03-20
- 1
Editorial Mythical landscape with immortals.
- 2020-03-20
- 1
Editorial Three scenes from festivals of the twelve months.
- 2020-03-02
- 1
Editorial Greece. Metope of the Parthenon (5th century BC). Scene from the Centauromachy. Mythical centaurs fought with the Lapiths. The combat took place during the wedding celebrations of Pirithous, King of the Lapiths, at which the drunken centaurs attempted ...
- 2020-03-02
- 1
Editorial Weight to weigh opium, An 'opium' weight in the shape of a mythical animal with a duck-like head, standing on a quadrangular base (cast in one piece)., anonymous, Birma, 1900 - 1950, bronze (metal), h 6 cm ? l 4.5 cm ? d 3.2 cm.
- 2020-01-15
- 1
Editorial Pendulum of white and black marble with gilt bronze fittings. Oval base decorated with putti, on four legs. Pendule is crowned by vase with flowers, Pendule of white marble with gilt bronze fittings. The oval base on four legs and decorated with relief...
- 2020-01-15
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Editorial Two Ornaments of a Bird and a Mythical Creature, Bird with curly tail, Crowned bird shaped crown., anonymous, Java, 800 - 1000, bronze (metal), h 11.9 cm ? w 13 cm ? d 5 cm.
- 2020-01-15
- 1
Editorial Kimono with a Mythical Hoo Bird Furisode with white hoo and family arms, Formal kimono with long sleeves for an unmarried young woman (furisode), decorated with white on the bottom of the front and back mythical bird (hoo), with peacock lonia and chrys...
- 2020-01-15
- 1
Editorial Two Ornaments of a Bird and a Mythical Creature, Ornament in the form of a mythical beast, Ornament in the form of a mythical animal, anonymous, Indonesia, 800 - 950, bronze (metal), h 6.0 cm ? w 10.0 cm ? d 2.0 cm.
- 2020-01-15
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Editorial Jug with men beneath arches, Stoneware jug on high feet with a cylindrical body with a round shoulder and a wide neck. The C-shaped ear is attached to the neck and shoulder. Profiles on the neck, abdomen and foot. Covered with a green glaze. On the bel...
- 2020-01-15
- 1
Editorial Headdress and mask, A headdress in the shape of a rooster head (torika car) with a partially opened fan beside it and a red mask with a long nose, a mythical mountain creature (tengu). With three poems, mask, Ry?ry?kyo Shinsai (mentioned on object), Ja...
- 2020-01-15
- 1
Editorial Grotesques with Diana and winged female figure Neues Groteschgen-Werk (series title), Three pilasters with grotesques and various mythical figures and scenes, ornament, grotesque, (story of) Diana (Artemis), Abstract Ideas and Concepts (clothed with wi...
- 2020-01-15
- 1
Editorial Ding (tripod), ritual vessel for food. Broad band with mythical animals with beak-like pelvis and large, protruding eyes, below triangular ornaments., anonymous, China, c. -1700 - c. -800, bronze (metal), h 23.0 cm ? w 18.8 cm ? d 18.0 cm.
- 2020-01-15
- 1
Editorial Mirror with geometric patterns and stylized animals, Wide raised edge, In the center there is a heavy bud with a rosette of four leaves. The whole is bounded by a circle. The mirror is decorated with protruding points, arabesques, mythical creatures, b...
- 2020-01-15
- 1
Editorial Shard of earthenware with green glaze, with ribbed surface and among other things a relief of a mythical animal, anonymous, 1500 - 1799, earthenware, glaze, h 8.1 cm ? w 30 cm ? d 24.3 cm.
- 2020-01-15
- 1
Editorial Caccus, Mythical creature, Fig. 18, Fol. XIIIr, Apiarius, Mathias (imp.), 1536, [Hortus sanitatis oder Garth der Gesundtheyt: von den vier Geschlechten als Thier, V?gel, Vischen und edlem Gesteyn]. [Gedruckt und volendet zu Strassburg]: [durch Mathiam ...
- 2020-01-15
- 1
Editorial Fish, A namazu, the mythical fish located under the islands of Japan that was thought to cause earthquakes. A long fish with inlaid eyes, a wide, flat mouth and beard wires. On the belly an inscription., anonymous, Japan, c. 1600 - c. 1868, Edo-period ...
- 2020-01-15
- 1
Editorial Kris of a high-ranking dignitary, Sumatran kris with sheath, Sumatran kris with a corrugated blade adorned by the pamor technique and embossed with gold: diamond-shaped pattern of the crowned naga, the top of the blade ( ganja) is decorated with a myth...
- 2020-01-15
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Editorial Fragment of a decorative object, Ornament in the form of a circle fragment with mythical animal heads at the ends. Made from light gray jade with brown spots., anonymous, China, -500 - -200, Zhou-dynasty (1050 B.C.-221 B.C.), jade (rock), w 7.8 cm ? h ...
- 2020-01-15
- 1
Editorial Button of staff or scepter, The cast openwork object consists of three times four surfaces, which are diamond or square or cover a part of a window. On the silk pearl frames, on the corners grioter pearl ornament. The fields of the twelve planes are oc...
- 2020-01-15
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Editorial Applique, Openwork, oval-shaped applique depicting a Chinese mythical animal surrounded by tendrils and flowers., anonymous, Kham, 1700 - 1800, iron (metal), silver (metal), gilding (material), amalgam, gilding, h 1 cm ? w 7.5 cm ? d 6 cm.
- 2020-01-15
- 1
Editorial Fragment of a silk fabric with birds and mythological animals, Fragment of green silk with a stylized pattern of two birds with their heads turned towards each other and two mythical animals with their heads bent towards each other. Between these anima...
- 2020-01-15
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Editorial Octagonal table, Latafel made of poplar wood with an octagonal, unadorned and unprofiled top, standing on three cheek legs, ending in claws. The cheek legs show a winged female figure on the knee, whose lower body ends in a volute. From under her wings...
- 2020-01-15
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Editorial Shoulder plate of a harness with decorations, Shoulder piece with wing, iron, blank, consists of three plates with four riveted strips to protect the upper arm. The cabled edges are flanged. On the wing there is a decoration of a female figure holding ...
- 2020-01-15
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Editorial Applique, Decor consisting of the head and body of two mythical animals. The patina is gray green., anonymous, China, -800 - -500, Zhou-dynasty (1050 B.C.-221 B.C.), bronze (metal), w 4.3 cm ? h 4.5 cm ? d 1.0 cm.
- 2019-12-18
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Editorial Reliquary Reliquary Holder, The tapered box has a diamond-shaped hatch on both sides on the right and left, between which, in deepened relief, four-legged animals are placed behind an almost symmetrical, circular braid motif of snakes, which is on one ...
- 2019-12-18
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Editorial Fragment of a ritual object, Fragment, Shangyin, bone, succession of mythical animals., anonymous, China, -1600 - -1000, bone (material), h 13.4 cm ? w 2.7 cm ? d 1.0 cm.
- 2019-12-18
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Editorial Plate with two mythical creatures, flower sprays and butterflies, Plate of soft-paste porcelain (p?te tendre) with a lobed edge modeled in boxes with embossed braid, painted on the enamel, red, green, yellow and black. On the flat two mythical beasts, ...
- 2019-12-18
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Editorial Grotesques with figure on the back of a hippocampus Neues Groteschgen-Werk (series title), Three pilasters with grotesques and various mythical figures and scenes, ornament, grotesque, sea-horse, hippocamp, ' hippocampus' (horse / fish) (mythological h...
- 2019-12-18
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Editorial Mirror, Button in the form of a lionish mythical animal, flanked by three-clawed dragons. The mirror has a silvery color., anonymous, China, 618 - 907, Tang-dynasty (618-907), bronze (metal), d 12.4 cm ? h 1.4 cm.
- 2019-12-18
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Editorial Portrait of Scheffer on a grave monument, Grave monument with a portrait to the right of Scheffer, half to the right. Two women in antique robes and a child grieve at a tomb in a landscape. The child is surrounded by a scythe, hourglass and an ouroboro...
- 2019-12-18
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Editorial Grotesques with figure on back hippocampus Neues Groteschgen-Werk (series title), Three pilasters with grotesques and various mythical figures and scenes, ornament, grotesque, sea-horse, hippocamp, 'hippocampus', ( horse / fish) (mythological hybrid mo...
- 2019-12-18
- 1
Editorial Verdure with animals, a private garden and a source of life, Tapestry, large-leaved verdure with the Hortus Conclusus and the Source of life in a fenced garden. A blue-black fond is covered with high-growing flowering plants, among which wild and mythi...
- 2019-12-18
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Editorial Fragment of a cup, Fragment, Shangyin, bone, taotie, cricket, mythical animal and triangle ornament., anonymous, China, -1200 - -1050, bone (material), h 28.0 cm ? w 7.0 cm ? d 3.2 cm.
- 2019-12-18
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Editorial Garden vase, square with relief decoration on the four sides of a tiger, a lion, a ch'i-lin and a dragon, part of a pair, square. Solid, only spherically hollowed out at the top. On the four rectangular sides, the vase shows a relief panel, consisting ...
- 2019-12-18
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Editorial Blue silk curtain with embroidery in Chinese style, Blue silk curtain with embroidery in silk and gold-colored metal thread in Chinese style. Possibly embroidered in China. Dark blue ground with floral motifs, animals and mythical creatures in pointed ...
- 2019-12-18
- 1
Editorial The first links: Sh?j? Ichiban hidari - Sh?j? (title on object) A comparison of chickens (series title) Niwatori awase (series title on object), Three packed rice wine (sake) barrels and a varnished bowl with the image of a dragon on a brocade cloth, i...
- 2019-12-18
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Editorial Shoulder plate of a harness with decorations, Right shoulder plate, iron, blank, consists of three plates with four riveted strips to protect the upper arm. The cabled edges are flanged. On the front shoulder plate is a decoration of a figure that hold...
- 2019-12-18
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Editorial Ritual wine barrel, Ritual wine barrel with handle. Decorative frame around neck body with stylized mythical animals, two sample cups on this list., anonymous, China, c. -1700 - c. -800, antimony, h 14.8 cm ? w 18.9 cm ? d 16.5 cm.
- 2019-12-18
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Editorial Figurine of a rider on a mythical animal, Figurine of a rider on a mythical animal., China, c. 1800 - c. 1875, soapstone (metamorphic rock), voet, h 23.5 cm ? w 13 cm ? d 5 cm.
- 2019-12-18
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Editorial Bowl with mythical animals, inscription and ornamental patterns, Bowl of earthenware with white sludge and colored paint. The inside is painted with a horror vacui painting in which a gazelle, panther and probably peacocks occur. The highly stylized in...
- 2019-12-18
- 1
Editorial Vase with dragons, Porcelain vase with tapered belly, round shoulder and slightly spreading neck, painted in underglaze blue and red. Two mythical animals on the wall and neck: large bats or cloud dragons in underglaze red with an underglaze blue eye. ...
- 2019-12-18
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Editorial Grotesques with Diana and winged female figure Neues Groteschgen-Werk (series title), Three pilasters with grotesques and various mythical figures and scenes, ornament, grotesque, (story of) Diana (Artemis), Abstract Ideas and Concepts (clothed with wi...
- 2019-12-18
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Editorial Decorative object, Ornament in light brown jade, curved shape, ends: mythical animal head and sharp point. Fine decorations., anonymous, China, -500 - -200, Zhou-dynasty (1050 B.C.-221 B.C.), jade (rock), w 7.5 cm ? h 3.8 cm ? d 0.4 cm.
- 2019-12-18
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Editorial Carved Panel with Mythical Birds. India; Deccan or Portuguese Goa. Date: 1575-1600. Dimensions: 38.7 ? 61.6 ? 2.6 cm (15 1/4 ? 24 1/4 ? 1 1/16 in.). Wood. Origin: Deccan.
- 2019-12-17
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Editorial Double Pendant in the Form of a Mythical Saurian with Tusks. Cocl?; Cocl? province, Panama. Date: 750 AD-1250. Dimensions: 6 ? 7 ? 2.32 cm (2 3/8 ? 2 3/4 ? 7/8 in.). Gold with plaster restoration of boar tusks. Origin: Panama.
- 2019-12-17
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Editorial Dish with Mythical Bovine (Xiniu) amid Waves Viewing the Moon and Constellations. China. Date: 1100-1199. Dimensions: H. 2.3 cm (15/16 in.); diam. 13.8 cm (5 7/16 in.). Ding ware; porcelain with underglaze molded decoration; metal rim. Origin: China.
- 2019-12-17
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Editorial Jason (Liber Studiorum, part I, plate 6).
- 2019-12-17
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Editorial Terracotta hydria: kalpis (water jar), Classical, ca. 370?350 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; red-figure, H.: 11 1/2 x 7 1/8 in. (29.2 x 18.1 cm), Vases, Poseidon and Amymone. Danaos, a mythical king, had fifty daughters whom he sent out to find water ...
- 2019-12-17
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Editorial Bronze ax-head, Greek or Roman, Bronze, Other: 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm), Bronzes, While axes today are considered primarily a woodsman's tool, in antiquity the battle-ax was a weapon associated particularly with peoples from the East, such as Scythians and ...
- 2019-12-17
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Editorial Terracotta pyxis (box), Classical, ca. 430 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; red-figure, H. 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm); diameter 7 3/16 in. (18.3 cm), Vases, The daughters of Danaos. Women driving chariots at full tilt are rare in Greek mythology. For that reas...
- 2019-12-17
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Editorial Terracotta amphora (jar), Archaic, ca. 530 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-figure, H. 18 9/16 in. (47.2 cm), Vases, Obverse, Herakles and Amazons in combat, Reverse, Dionysos, Hermes, and satyrs. Amazons were mythical women warriors thought to li...
- 2019-12-17
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Editorial ??????, Kirin (Mythical Chimera), Edo period (1615?1868), 18th century, Japan, Ivory, H. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm), Netsuke, The kirin is a mythical animal with the body of a deer, tail of an ox and a single horn. A paragon of virtue, the kirin supposedly app...
- 2019-12-17
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Editorial Terracotta statuette of a siren, Archaic, ca. 550?500 B.C., Greek, Terracotta, Overall: 8 1/4 x 9 1/2 x 5in. (21 x 24.1 x 12.7cm), Terracottas, Sirens are mythical creatures famous in antiquity for their song, which lured sailors to their death. Sanctu...
- 2019-12-17
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Editorial Kumara with a Peacock, Thakuri period, 11th century, Nepal (Kathmandu Valley), Copper alloy, H. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm); W. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm); D. 3 in. (7.6 cm), Sculpture, Kumara (?the everlasting youthful son?) is an epithet of Skanda, a son of Shiva and ...
- 2019-12-17
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Editorial Ritual wine barrel, Ritual wine barrel with lid with handle. Decorative frame around neck body with stylized mythical animals, on this list two sample cups as well as on the lid., anonymous, China, c. -1700 - c. -800, antimony, h 21.0 cm ? w 18.9 cm ? ...
- 2019-11-19
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Editorial Frame of a latafel, Three cheek legs, ending in claws. The cheek legs show a winged female figure on the knee, whose lower body ends in a volute. From under her wings a relief-carved rank volume emerges, in which various mythical creatures. The claws e...
- 2019-11-19
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Editorial Klapoor, Sculpture, mythical animal, 'Klapoor'., anonymous, Indonesia, 1300 - 1400, gold (metal), repouss?, h 3.1 cm ? w 4.1 cm ? d 0.8 cm ? w 2.64 gr.
- 2019-11-19
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Editorial Unicorn in jewelery box, Sculpture, mythical creature, 'Unicorn'. In jewelry box (presumably not original)., anonymous, Indonesia, 1300 - 1500, gold (metal), repouss?, h 4.5 cm w 5.5 cm ? d 0.9 cm h 5.2 cm w 7.5 cm ? d 6.9 cm.
- 2019-11-19
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Editorial Ewer and basin with the arms of Vlissingen, Bowl with engraved border with birds, fruit and flower vines. In the center the arms of Vlissingen and Zeeland, The round bowl has a broad, slightly hollow edge, closed by a narrow outer edge in which a repea...
- 2019-11-19
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Editorial "Oh ! they do get away down under ground. In hollow pleazen where they can't be found." A scene of Faries and other mythical beings. Another Essence of Malone, or, the “Beauties” of Shakspeare's Editor. [By G. Hardinge.]. London, 1801. Source: 1160...
- 2019-11-19
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Editorial Fabel animal, Reclining mythical animal, decorated in haut and bas relief and arabesques. Light gray-green jade. On wooden base., anonymous, China, 1368 - 1644, Ming-dynasty (1368-1644), jade (rock), h 12.5 cm ? w 23 cm ? d 12 cm.
- 2019-11-19
- 1
Editorial The story of the Irish before the conquest : from the mythical period to the invasion under strongbow : Ferguson, Mary Catharine Guinness, Lady, 1823-1905.
- 2019-11-19
- 1
Editorial Bowl with seated man and mythical animals, Bowl of quartz fritware with a polychrome decoration. On the bottom a medallion with a man, sitting among flowering plants and two birds. The inner wall with six medallions with mythical animals, connected by ...
- 2019-11-19
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Editorial Decorative object, Ornament in cream-colored jade, presumably tail fragment of a mythical animal., anonymous, China, -500 - -200, Zhou-dynasty (1050 B.C.-221 B.C.), jade (rock), w 6.8 cm ? h 6.0 cm ? d 0.4 cm.
- 2019-11-19
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Editorial Vessel with mythical character. Ceramic. Chimu-Inca culture. Late Horizon (1470-1532 AD). Peru. Museum of the Americas. Madrid, Spain.
- 2019-11-19
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Editorial Dish with Mythical Bovine (Xiniu) amid Waves Viewing the Moon and Constellations. China. Date: 1100-1199. Dimensions: H. 2.3 cm (15/16 in.); diam. 13.8 cm (5 7/16 in.). Ding ware; porcelain with underglaze molded decoration; metal rim. Origin: China.
- 2019-11-18
- 1
Editorial Carved Panel with Mythical Birds. India; Deccan or Portuguese Goa. Date: 1575-1600. Dimensions: 38.7 ? 61.6 ? 2.6 cm (15 1/4 ? 24 1/4 ? 1 1/16 in.). Wood. Origin: Deccan.
- 2019-11-18
- 1
Editorial Double Pendant in the Form of a Mythical Saurian with Tusks. Cocl?; Cocl? province, Panama. Date: 750 AD-1250. Dimensions: 6 ? 7 ? 2.32 cm (2 3/8 ? 2 3/4 ? 7/8 in.). Gold with plaster restoration of boar tusks. Origin: Panama.
- 2019-11-18
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Editorial Terracotta pyxis (box).
- 2019-11-18
- 1
Editorial Queen Mother of the West.
- 2019-11-18
- 1
Editorial Crowned Bodhisattva.
- 2019-11-18
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Editorial Annibale Carracci Introduces Painting to Apollo and Minerva.
- 2019-11-18
- 1
Editorial Terracotta plaque.
- 2019-11-18
- 1
Editorial Mythical landscape with immortals.
- 2019-11-18
- 1
Editorial Earring with lion-griffin terminal.
- 2019-11-18
- 1
Editorial Plate with Phoenix and Mythical Qilin.
- 2019-11-18
- 1
Editorial Marine monster, Figure of 16th century mythical sea monster, signed: M-F; H.R.MD, Fig. 64, pp. 852-853, Deutsch, Hans Rudolf Manuel, 1552, Sebastian M?nster: Cosmographiae universalis Lib. VI. in quibus, iuxta certioris fidei scriptorum traditionem des...
- 2019-11-18
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Editorial Earrings with lion-griffin terminal.
- 2019-11-18
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Editorial Jason (Liber Studiorum, part I, plate 6).
- 2019-11-18
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Editorial Vase with flowers, birds, and poems.
- 2019-11-18
- 1
Editorial Enthroned Buddha Attended by the Bodhisattvas Avalokiteshvara and Vajrapani.
- 2019-11-18
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Editorial Scops zorca, Print, Scop, A scop was a poet as represented in Old English poetry. The scop is the Old English counterpart of the Old Norse skald, with the important difference that "skald" was applied to historical persons, and scop is used, for the mo...
- 2019-11-18
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Editorial Scops brasiliana, Print, Scop, A scop was a poet as represented in Old English poetry. The scop is the Old English counterpart of the Old Norse skald, with the important difference that "skald" was applied to historical persons, and scop is used, for t...
- 2019-11-18
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Editorial Scops lempiji, Print, Scop, A scop was a poet as represented in Old English poetry. The scop is the Old English counterpart of the Old Norse skald, with the important difference that "skald" was applied to historical persons, and scop is used, for the ...
- 2019-11-18
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Editorial Scops leucotis, Print, Scop, A scop was a poet as represented in Old English poetry. The scop is the Old English counterpart of the Old Norse skald, with the important difference that "skald" was applied to historical persons, and scop is used, for the...
- 2019-11-18
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Editorial Scops cristatus, Print, Scop, A scop was a poet as represented in Old English poetry. The scop is the Old English counterpart of the Old Norse skald, with the important difference that "skald" was applied to historical persons, and scop is used, for th...
- 2019-11-18
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Editorial Scops asio, Print, Scop, A scop was a poet as represented in Old English poetry. The scop is the Old English counterpart of the Old Norse skald, with the important difference that "skald" was applied to historical persons, and scop is used, for the mos...
- 2019-11-18
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Editorial Scops asio, Print, Scop, A scop was a poet as represented in Old English poetry. The scop is the Old English counterpart of the Old Norse skald, with the important difference that "skald" was applied to historical persons, and scop is used, for the mos...
- 2019-11-18
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Editorial Scops zorca, Print, Scop, A scop was a poet as represented in Old English poetry. The scop is the Old English counterpart of the Old Norse skald, with the important difference that "skald" was applied to historical persons, and scop is used, for the mo...
- 2019-11-18
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Editorial The Land of Cockaigne.
- 2019-11-18
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Editorial Vishnu Accompanied by Lakshmi and Sarasvati.
- 2019-11-18
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Editorial Scops zorca, Print, Scop, A scop was a poet as represented in Old English poetry. The scop is the Old English counterpart of the Old Norse skald, with the important difference that "skald" was applied to historical persons, and scop is used, for the mo...
- 2019-11-18
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Editorial Scops zorca, Print, Scop, A scop was a poet as represented in Old English poetry. The scop is the Old English counterpart of the Old Norse skald, with the important difference that "skald" was applied to historical persons, and scop is used, for the mo...
- 2019-11-18
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Editorial The Chimera (La Chim?re de Monsieur Desprez).
- 2019-10-28
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Editorial Rank Badge with Lion.
- 2019-10-28
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Editorial Kamadeva, the God of Love.
- 2019-10-28
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Editorial Designs for Brackets with Silverwork.
- 2019-10-28
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Editorial Hanging Lamp with a Griffin's Head.
- 2019-10-28
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